A photograph of a chimney amid the ruins of Lesli Bills’s home in Pennington Bend after flooding caused an explosion during the May 2010 flood in Nashville.Lesli Bills and her friend Billy Heldenberg were rescued by a man on a jetski shortly before...

A photograph of a fireman facing the fire at the O’Leary home in the Fieldstone Farms neighborhood of Franklin during the May 2010 flood. The electrical fire was caused by the flood and completely destroyed the home.
Forms part of the Nashville...

A group photograph of volunteers from the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance during a cleanup in Bellevue with the Harpeth River Watershed Association after the May 2010 flood. The group collected debris from a lake in Bellevue, located off Old...

A photograph of a Logan’s Roadhouse Restaurant tent serving food in the River Plantation neighborhood of Bellevue in the aftermath of the May 2010 Nashville flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.

A photograph of a man leaving his Bellevue home with suitcases during the May 2010 flood, helped by Mary Makley and other volunteers.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.

A photograph of a man guiding a rescue boat through the water in the Pennington Bend neighborhood during the May 2010 Nashville flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.

A photograph of a man helping people canoe through the water in the Pennington Bend neighborhood during the May 2010 Nashville flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.

A photograph of a man looking back from a boat at an inundated home in the Pennington Bend neighborhood during the May 2010 Nashville flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.

A photograph of a man wading through the water and carrying his belongings in a laundry basket during the May 2010 flood in Bellevue.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.

A photograph of flooding along First Avenue South in downtown Nashville taken from the Shelby Street Bridge during the May 2010 flood. Visible are the Music City Star Train Station, Joe’s Crab Shack restaurant, and Demonbreun's Cave historical...